Ambroise
PELOQUIN dit FELIX
(b.
12 December 1788
,
Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
24 February 1854
,
Sorel, Canada East
)
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Ambroise PELOQUIN dit FELIX was born 12 December 1788 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
Ambroise PELOQUIN dit FELIX was the child of Pierre PÉLOQUIN FÉLIX and Marguerite HUS COURNOYER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine PELOQUIN and Marie-Josephte ST-MARTIN (maternal) Pierre HUS COURNOYER and Marguerite GOUINSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Ambroise married Theotiste LAVALLEE 3 February 1812 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Theotiste LAVALLEE was born 18 February 1793 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Theotiste died 25 April 1859 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Theotiste was the child of Louis LAVALLEE and Marie-Louise GIGUERE dite DESPINS.
Ambroise PELOQUIN dit FELIX died 24 February 1854 in Sorel, Canada East .
Details of the family tree of Ambroise appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name?
When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated.
The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.
Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
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